IT was a tale of two superb second-half free-kicks at the Ricoh Arena as Coventry and Swansea contested an entertaining 1-1 draw.

Jordi Gomez's sublime effort in the 67th minute was matched by Danny Fox three minutes from time as the Sky Blues fought back to earn a deserved point.

Swansea clearly missed their star turn Ferrie Bodde, sidelined for the remainder of the season after suffering a serious knee injury in the home defeat to Birmingham on Friday.

His omission was one of three changes enforced upon manager Roberto Martinez as Dorus De Vries, Owain Tudur Jones and Jason Scotland were recalled.

Coventry boss Chris Coleman named an unchanged side against his hometown club.

The Sky Blues made a lively start and Swansea survived an early scare after a period of intense pressure from the hosts.

Following a series of blocked shots and ricochets inside the six-yard box, coupled with a superb save from point-blank range by De Vries, the ball broke to Clinton Morrison who tapped it into the net.

The Republic of Ireland striker wheeled off in celebration only to be stopped in his tracks by an offside flag.

In the seventh minute Michael Mifsud's low shot across goal from the right-hand side of the area rolled inches past the far post.

Three minutes later, Freddy Eastwood crossed from the same side to the near post where Morrison had lost his marker but he glanced his header wide.

Fox was booked for a late sliding challenge on Gomez after 21 minutes, his fifth yellow of the season earning a one-match ban.

Robbie Simpson's well-struck shot from the left-hand side of the box midway through the first half forced a good save from De Vries. From Fox's resulting corner, Elliott Ward headed wide from 10 yards out.

Angel Rangel was guilty of a glaring miss in the 26th minute after Swansea had carved open their hosts for the first time.

Fellow Spaniard Gorka Pintado swung a low cross into the box but Rangel turned and dragged his shot wide.

Coventry continued to look the most menacing after the break and Guillaume Beuzelin should have done better than blast two efforts over the crossbar either side of the hour mark.

In between, only a superb sliding tackle by Garry Monk to block Eastwood's 10-yard shot prevented Coventry from taking the lead.

Gomez headed straight at Westwood from close range as Swansea threatened on the counter-attack. Soon after, the Spaniard did find the back of the net.